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July 8, 2025 St. Anthony Council Work Session - 2 Staff also presented informal language drafts that would establish administrative procedures for implementing the ordinance. This language is proposed to be added given the lack of several details in regulating and tracking rental housing in the current City Code. Staff has also generated language for administrative enforcement of this and other City permitting processes, including fines and appeals processes. That language is not included with the materials for this work session, but would be presented again for Council consideration when these ordinances are ready for formal consideration. The Planning Commission had tabled consideration and proposed higher caps and greater flexibility in the ordinance. Exceptions are to be allowed for those who met the homestead qualification. Ms. Morello provided the proposed draft of ordinance language and the Planning Commission’s modifications in a side-by-side comparison. The intent is to develop a specific direction for Council policy, per the prior work session, utilizing the draft ordinance as a baseline and modifying that draft if the Council wishes to do so. Staff is seeking directions for ordinance development and presentation to the City Council for consideration and adoption. Councilmember Elnagdy asked if the language in red is the current language. Ms. Morello stated that it is the proposed language. Councilmember Elnagdy asked what the current cap is, and Ms. Morello stated there is currently no cap. The language proposes 10% of the total single-family homes and 15% of the total licensed rental houses. Councilmember Doolan asked how many single-family homes there are. Ms. Morello responded she believes it to be 2200+ detached family homes 10% would be allowing 220. There would be a 4-home cap per owner. 15% is no individual could own 15% of the current supply of rental homes. Councilmember Elnagdy asked where the 15% came from and Ms. Morello stated that it came from the Planning Commission. Mayor Pro Tem Jenson stated he prefers to work with numbers rather than percentages. Currently, approximately 3.5% of our single-family homes are rented. If this were raised to 4%, that would add 20 additional homes that could be turned into rentals. At 5%, that would add 40 additional homes that could be rented. He feels 10% is unnecessary, as he believes in looking at this number of houses, we are trying to create more rentals as a business opportunity and not enabling young families to purchase a home. He does not want to turn 150 more houses into rentals in the City. Councilmember Doolan recalled that in the first conversations, 4% was discussed. Mr. Yunker stated 10% was another benchmark that other cities have used. Councilmember Jenson stated that the number can always be increased but not decreased. We would not be serving the greater good by encouraging many rentals in the City. Councilmember Randle asked how this would affect people who already have rentals. Mr. Yunker stated depending on the percentage that is selected, no one with a long-term license would be affected. Ms. Morello stated that if the City proceeds with prohibiting short-term rentals, processes would be put into place for those who already have short-term rentals. Councilmember Randle stated he doesn’t agree that if people already have short-term rentals in place, they should not be prohibited. Ms. Morello stated that short-term rentals are not included in the Code. The Code says that anytime a short-term